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Pune Hooch tragedy kills 15; 8 arrestedAt least 15 people have died and several others hospitalized after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchw...
New policy will benefit premium brands, hurt local ones, distillers tell Karnataka CM SiddaramaiahLocal alcohol manufacturers in Karnataka have urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to review the proposed liquor tax system, saying it favours...
TN Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024 comes into forceChief Minister M K Stalin announced the implementation of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024, aimed at addressing the serious i...
TN amends Prohibition Act to enhance term, fine to eradicate illicit liquor menaceThe ruling DMK amended the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, on Saturday to significantly increase the punishment and fines for offences re...
Tamil Nadu: Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy stands at 63The current death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, has reached 63 as of Thursday morning, according to infor...
Union Minister Anurag Thakur criticises Punjab CM for inaction after illicit liquor deathsUnion Minister Anurag Thakur criticized Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann for the deaths of 21 people from tainted liquor in Sangrur. Thakur stated t...
Bihar hooch tragedy reaches SC; SIT soughtThe PIL filed by Aryavarta Mahasabha Foundation has sought formulation of an action plan at the national level to curb the manufacturing, t...
"Youth will be finished", agonises SC, asks Punjab to check illicit liquor manufacturing and tradeSenior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, appearing for the Punjab government, assured the court that the state is taking action and has already de...
Illicit liquor cases: You are treating issue with kid gloves, Supreme Court to PunjabThe top court was hearing a plea arising out of a September 2020 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had disposed of a petition...
Amid protests on lifting prohibition, Manipur issues draft liquor policyAiming to generate employment and increase the revenue of the state, the draft policy issued on Tuesday night said it was seeking to addres...
UP police to use drones to spot illegal liquor dens near Nepal borderSashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the excise department will carry out a joint operation to check the smuggling and trade of spurious liquor, B...
Liquor swings to desi beats in Uttar PradeshThe figures of state excise department reveal an interesting story: the sale of ‘pavva’ (country liquor is available only in 180 ml, and no...
Local spirits companies offer country liquor in paperboard cartons in bid to boost marginsTill now, only low-priced Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) was available in paperboard cartons akin to ‘tetrapaks’, which has helped compa...
Hooch tragedy: Akhilesh Yadav hikes compensation to Rs 5 lakh"The Chief Minister has decided that Rs five lakh will be provided to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the hooch tragedy," ...
No coercive steps against liquor manufacturers in Bihar: High CourtIn a relief to liquor manufacturers in Bihar, Patna HC directed the state government not to take any coercive action against them for keepi...
Bill on partial ban on liquor in Bihar passedA Bill providing for upto capital punishment to those manufacturing or trading illicit liquor in the event of hooch tragedy was unanimously...
Bihar government to bring bill awarding capital punishment for making hoochBihar government is bringing bill to award capital punishment for manufacturing illicit liquor once prohibition comes into effect, CM Nitis...
Bihar proposes capital punishment for sale of spurious liquorThe Bihar Excise Act will incorporate tough legal provisions to ban trade, manufacture and consumption of country and spiced liquor in the ...
Election Commission crackdowns on illegal fund movement in poll-bound BiharNine illegal arms manufacturing units were also busted in a raids conducted throughout the day by the watchdog, an EC official said.
Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde orders crackdown on illegal liquor dens in ThaneHe said that he has also met the Thane Police Commissioner, police officials from the Thane (Rural) region and the Excise Department offici...